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Air Force

Guard Bureau Chief Keeps Close Tabs On JCA Talks Amid Sherpa Concerns

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The head of the National Guard Bureau said yesterday he is eager to learn how new plans being hashed out for the C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) will impact his needs for equipment including a new small-transport aircraft. Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told a Washington think-tank crowd he's "thrilled to get the (JCA) program started." "It was an on-time on-budget development," he said about the L-3 Communications [LLL]-Alenia North America…

Congress

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Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

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